National Green Month declared

Chamikara Weerasinghe

Environment and Natural Resources Minister Champika Ranawaka has declared a National Green Month to mark National Tree Plantation Day on October 15.

The National Green Month will be held from October 15 to November 15, Ministry sources said. All State institutions are expected to engage in environmental activities and programmes during this period. Sources said that all Ministries will receive instructions from the Ministry of Public Administration to plant trees at their premises on National Tree Plantation Day.

The Ministry of Environment has arranged to hold the National Plantation Day ceremony at Embilipitiya Chandrika Wewa and Dutugemunu Park in the Ratnapura District on October 15.

The Director General of Central Environment Authority, Pasan Gunasena said that CEA had arranged a number of environmental programmes to earmark the Green Month throughout the country.

The programmes will include tree planting ceremonies, composting, solid waste management awareness programmes, water quality upgrading programmes and air quality testing programmes, he said.